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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1496
बरषा रितु रघुपति भगति तुलसी सालि सुदास।। राम नाम बर बरन जुग सावन भादव मास।।19।।
baraṣā ritu raghupati bhagati tulasī sāli sudāsa.. rāma nāma bara barana juga sāvana bhādava māsa..19..
Devotion to the Lord of Raghus is, as it were, the rainy season and the noble devotees, says Tulasidasa, represent the paddy crop; while the two charming syllables of the name 'Ram a' stand for the two months of Sravana and Bhadrapada (corresponding roughly to July and August).(19)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1499
समुझत सरिस नाम अरु नामी। प्रीति परसपर प्रभु अनुगामी।। नाम रूप दुइ ईस उपाधी। अकथ अनादि सुसामुझि साधी।। को बड़ छोट कहत अपराधू। सुनि गुन भेद समुझिहहिं साधू।। देखिअहिं रूप नाम आधीना। रूप ग्यान नहिं नाम बिहीना।। रूप बिसेष नाम बिनु जानें। करतल गत न परहिं पहिचानें।। सुमिरिअ नाम रूप बिनु देखें। आवत हृदयँ सनेह बिसेषें।। नाम रूप गति अकथ कहानी। समुझत सुखद न परति बखानी।। अगुन सगुन बिच नाम सुसाखी। उभय प्रबोधक चतुर दुभाषी।।
samujhata sarisa nāma aru nāmī. prīti parasapara prabhu anugāmī.. nāma rūpa dui īsa upādhī. akatha anādi susāmujhi sādhī.. kō baḍa chōṭa kahata aparādhū. suni guna bhēda samujhihahiṃ sādhū.. dēkhiahiṃ rūpa nāma ādhīnā. rūpa gyāna nahiṃ nāma bihīnā.. rūpa bisēṣa nāma binu jānēṃ. karatala gata na parahiṃ pahicānēṃ.. sumiria nāma rūpa binu dēkhēṃ. āvata hṛdayaom sanēha bisēṣēṃ.. nāma rūpa gati akatha kahānī. samujhata sukhada na parati bakhānī.. aguna saguna bica nāma susākhī. ubhaya prabōdhaka catura dubhāṣī..
The name and the object named, though similar in significance, are allied as master and servant one to the other. (That is to say, even though there is complete identity between God and His name, the former closely follows the latter even as a servant follows his master. The Lord appears in person at the very mention of His Name). Name and form are the two attributes of God; both of them are ineffable and beginningless and can be rightly understood only by means of good intelligence. It is presumptuous on one's part to declare as to which is superior or inferior. Hearing the distinctive merits of both, pious souls will judge for themselves. Forms are found to be subordinate to the name; without the name you cannot come to the knowledge of a form. Typical forms cannot be identified, even if they be in your hand, without knowing their name. And if the name is remembered even without seeing the form, the latter flashes on the mind with a special liking for it. The mystery of name and form is a tale which cannot be told; though delightful to comprehend, it cannot be described in words. Between the unqualified Absolute and qualified Divinity, the Name is a good intermediary; it is a clever interpreter revealing the truth of both.(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1504
निरगुन तें एहि भाँति बड़ नाम प्रभाउ अपार। कहउँ नामु बड़ राम तें निज बिचार अनुसार।।23।।
niraguna tēṃ ēhi bhāomti baḍa nāma prabhāu apāra. kahau nāmu baḍa rāma tēṃ nija bicāra anusāra..23..
The glory of the Name is thus infinitely greater than that of the Absolute; I shall show below how in my judgment the Name is superior even to Sri Rama.(23)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1497
आखर मधुर मनोहर दोऊ। बरन बिलोचन जन जिय जोऊ।। सुमिरत सुलभ सुखद सब काहू। लोक लाहु परलोक निबाहू।। कहत सुनत सुमिरत सुठि नीके। राम लखन सम प्रिय तुलसी के।। बरनत बरन प्रीति बिलगाती। ब्रह्म जीव सम सहज सँघाती।। नर नारायन सरिस सुभ्राता। जग पालक बिसेषि जन त्राता।। भगति सुतिय कल करन बिभूषन। जग हित हेतु बिमल बिधु पूषन । स्वाद तोष सम सुगति सुधा के। कमठ सेष सम धर बसुधा के।। जन मन मंजु कंज मधुकर से। जीह जसोमति हरि हलधर से।।
ākhara madhura manōhara dōū. barana bilōcana jana jiya jōū.. sumirata sulabha sukhada saba kāhū. lōka lāhu paralōka nibāhū.. kahata sunata sumirata suṭhi nīkē. rāma lakhana sama priya tulasī kē.. baranata barana prīti bilagātī. brahma jīva sama sahaja saomghātī.. nara nārāyana sarisa subhrātā. jaga pālaka bisēṣi jana trātā.. bhagati sutiya kala karana bibhūṣana. jaga hita hētu bimala bidhu pūṣana . svāda tōṣa sama sugati sudhā kē. kamaṭha sēṣa sama dhara basudhā kē.. jana mana maṃju kaṃja madhukara sē. jīha jasōmati hari haladhara sē..
Both the letter-sounds are sweet and attractive; they are the two eyes, as it were, of the Alphabet and the very life of the devotee. Easy to remember and delightful to one and all, they bring gain here and provide sustenance hereafter. They are most delightful to utter, hear and remember and are dear as Rama and Laksmana to Tulasidasa. When treated separately, the two letters lose their harmony (i.e., are differently pronounced, bear diverse meaning in the form of seed-letters and as such yield different results); whereas they are naturally allied even as Brahma (the Cosmic Spirit) and Jiva (the individual soul) Good brothers like the divine sages Nara and Narayana, they are sustainers of the universe and redeemers of the devotee in particular. They are beautiful ornaments for the ears of the fair damsel in the form of Bhakti (Devotion) and stand as the spotless sun and moon for the good of the world.They are like the taste and the gratifying quality of nectar in the form of emancipation, and are supporters of the globe like the divine Tortoise* and the serpent-god Sesa. Again, they are like bees for the beautiful lotus in the shape of the devotee's mind and are the very like of Hari (Sri Krsna) and Haladhara (Balarama, who wielded a plough as a weapon) for Yasoda (Their foster- mother, the wife of Nanda) in the shape of the tongue.(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1505
राम भगत हित नर तनु धारी। सहि संकट किए साधु सुखारी।। नामु सप्रेम जपत अनयासा। भगत होहिं मुद मंगल बासा।। राम एक तापस तिय तारी। नाम कोटि खल कुमति सुधारी।। रिषि हित राम सुकेतुसुता की। सहित सेन सुत कीन्ह बिबाकी।। सहित दोष दुख दास दुरासा। दलइ नामु जिमि रबि निसि नासा।। भंजेउ राम आपु भव चापू। भव भय भंजन नाम प्रतापू।। दंडक बनु प्रभु कीन्ह सुहावन। जन मन अमित नाम किए पावन।।। निसिचर निकर दले रघुनंदन। नामु सकल कलि कलुष निकंदन।।
rāma bhagata hita nara tanu dhārī. sahi saṃkaṭa kiē sādhu sukhārī.. nāmu saprēma japata anayāsā. bhagata hōhiṃ muda maṃgala bāsā.. rāma ēka tāpasa tiya tārī. nāma kōṭi khala kumati sudhārī.. riṣi hita rāma sukētusutā kī. sahita sēna suta kīnha bibākī.. sahita dōṣa dukha dāsa durāsā. dalai nāmu jimi rabi nisi nāsā.. bhaṃjēu rāma āpu bhava cāpū. bhava bhaya bhaṃjana nāma pratāpū.. daṃḍaka banu prabhu kīnha suhāvana. jana mana amita nāma kiē pāvana... nisicara nikara dalē raghunaṃdana. nāmu sakala kali kaluṣa nikaṃdana..
For the sake of His devotees Sri Rama assumed the form of a human being and, suffering calamities Himself, brought relief to the pious. By fondly repeating His Name, on the other hand, devotees easily become abodes of joy and blessings. Sri Rama Himself redeemed a single woman (Ahalya),1 the wife of an ascetic; while His Name corrected the error of crores of wicked souls. For the sake of the sage (Visvamitra) Sri Rama wrought the destruction of Suketu's daughter2 (Tadaka) with her army and son (Subahu); while His Name puts an end to the devotee's vain hopes alongwith his errors and sorrows even as the sun terminates night. In His own person Sri Rama broke the bow of Siva3, while the very glory of His Name dispels the fear of rebirth4. The Lord restored the charm of the Dandaka forest5 alone, while His Name purified the mind of countless devotees .The Delighter of Raghus (Sri Rama) crushed only a host of demons, while His Name uproots all the impurities of the Kali age.(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1511
चहुँ जुग तीनि काल तिहुँ लोका। भए नाम जपि जीव बिसोका।। बेद पुरान संत मत एहू। सकल सुकृत फल राम सनेहू।। ध्यानु प्रथम जुग मखबिधि दूजें। द्वापर परितोषत प्रभु पूजें।। कलि केवल मल मूल मलीना। पाप पयोनिधि जन मन मीना।। नाम कामतरु काल कराला। सुमिरत समन सकल जग जाला।। राम नाम कलि अभिमत दाता। हित परलोक लोक पितु माता।। नहिं कलि करम न भगति बिबेकू। राम नाम अवलंबन एकू।। कालनेमि कलि कपट निधानू। नाम सुमति समरथ हनुमानू।।
cahu juga tīni kāla tihu lōkā. bhaē nāma japi jīva bisōkā.. bēda purāna saṃta mata ēhū. sakala sukṛta phala rāma sanēhū.. dhyānu prathama juga makhabidhi dūjēṃ. dvāpara paritōṣata prabhu pūjēṃ.. kali kēvala mala mūla malīnā. pāpa payōnidhi jana mana mīnā.. nāma kāmataru kāla karālā. sumirata samana sakala jaga jālā.. rāma nāma kali abhimata dātā. hita paralōka lōka pitu mātā.. nahiṃ kali karama na bhagati bibēkū. rāma nāma avalaṃbana ēkū.. kālanēmi kali kapaṭa nidhānū. nāma sumati samaratha hanumānū..
(Not only in this Kali age, but) in all the four ages*, at all times (past, present and future) and in all the three spheres (viz., heaven, earth and the subterranean region) creatures have been rid of grief by repeating the Name. The verdict of the Vedas and the Puranas as well as of saints is just this; that love of Rama (or the name 'Rama') is the reward of all virtuous acts. In the first age, contemplation; in the second age, sacrifice; in the Dvapara age the Lord is propitiated through worship. This age of Kali, however, is simply corrupt and the root of all impurities, where the mind of man wallows like a fish in the ocean of sin. In this terrible age the Name alone is the wish-yielding tree, the very thought of which puts an end to all the illusions of the world. The Name of Rama is the bestower of one's desired object in this age of Kali; It is beneficent in the other world and one's father and mother in this world. In Kaliyuga neither Karma (action) nor Bhakti (devotion) nor again Jnana (knowledge) avails; the name of Rama is the only resort. The age of Kali is as it were the demon Kalanemi, the repository of all wiles; whereas the Name is the wise and mighty Hanuman.†(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1495
बंदउँ नाम राम रघुवर को। हेतु कृसानु भानु हिमकर को।। बिधि हरि हरमय बेद प्रान सो। अगुन अनूपम गुन निधान सो।। महामंत्र जोइ जपत महेसू। कासीं मुकुति हेतु उपदेसू।। महिमा जासु जान गनराउ। प्रथम पूजिअत नाम प्रभाऊ।। जान आदिकबि नाम प्रतापू। भयउ सुद्ध करि उलटा जापू।। सहस नाम सम सुनि सिव बानी। जपि जेई पिय संग भवानी।। हरषे हेतु हेरि हर ही को। किय भूषन तिय भूषन ती को।। नाम प्रभाउ जान सिव नीको। कालकूट फलु दीन्ह अमी को।।
baṃdau nāma rāma raghuvara kō. hētu kṛsānu bhānu himakara kō.. bidhi hari haramaya bēda prāna sō. aguna anūpama guna nidhāna sō.. mahāmaṃtra jōi japata mahēsū. kāsīṃ mukuti hētu upadēsū.. mahimā jāsu jāna ganarāu. prathama pūjiata nāma prabhāū.. jāna ādikabi nāma pratāpū. bhayau suddha kari ulaṭā jāpū.. sahasa nāma sama suni siva bānī. japi jēī piya saṃga bhavānī.. haraṣē hētu hēri hara hī kō. kiya bhūṣana tiya bhūṣana tī kō.. nāma prabhāu jāna siva nīkō. kālakūṭa phalu dīnha amī kō..
I greet the name 'Rama' of the chief of Raghus,* which is composed of seed-letters* representing the fire-god, the sun-god and the moon-god (viz., Ra, a and Ma respectively). It is the same as Brahma (the creative aspect of God), Visnu (His preservative aspect) and Siva (His disintegrating aspect), and the vital breath of the Vedas; It is attributeless, peerless and a mine of virtues. It is the great spell which Lord Mahesvara mutters and which, when imparted by Him at Kasi (the modern Varanasi) leads to emancipation†. Its glory is known to Lord Ganesa, who is worshipped before all others as a concession to the Name‡. The oldest poet (Valmiki) is acquainted with the glory of the Name, inasmuch as he attained to purity by repeating It in the reverse order§. Hearing the verdict of Lord Siva that the name is as good as a thousand other names of God, Goddess Bhavani (Parvati) dined with Her consort after uttering It only once#. Noticing such partiality of Her heart for the Name, Hara (Lord Siva) made that lady, who was the ornament of Her sex, the ornament of His own person (i.e., made Her a part of His own being by assigning to Her the left half of His body). Siva knows full well the power of the Name, due to which deadly poison served the purpose of nectar to Him.(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1503
अगुन सगुन दुइ ब्रह्म सरूपा। अकथ अगाध अनादि अनूपा।। मोरें मत बड़ नामु दुहू तें। किए जेहिं जुग निज बस निज बूतें।। प्रोढ़ि सुजन जनि जानहिं जन की। कहउँ प्रतीति प्रीति रुचि मन की।। एकु दारुगत देखिअ एकू। पावक सम जुग ब्रह्म बिबेकू।। उभय अगम जुग सुगम नाम तें। कहेउँ नामु बड़ ब्रह्म राम तें।। ब्यापकु एकु ब्रह्म अबिनासी। सत चेतन धन आनँद रासी।। अस प्रभु हृदयँ अछत अबिकारी। सकल जीव जग दीन दुखारी।। नाम निरूपन नाम जतन तें। सोउ प्रगटत जिमि मोल रतन तें।।
aguna saguna dui brahma sarūpā. akatha agādha anādi anūpā.. mōrēṃ mata baḍa nāmu duhū tēṃ. kiē jēhiṃ juga nija basa nija būtēṃ.. prōḍhai sujana jani jānahiṃ jana kī. kahau pratīti prīti ruci mana kī.. ēku dārugata dēkhia ēkū. pāvaka sama juga brahma bibēkū.. ubhaya agama juga sugama nāma tēṃ. kahēu nāmu baḍa brahma rāma tēṃ.. byāpaku ēku brahma abināsī. sata cētana dhana ānaomda rāsī.. asa prabhu hṛdayaom achata abikārī. sakala jīva jaga dīna dukhārī.. nāma nirūpana nāma jatana tēṃ. sōu pragaṭata jimi mōla ratana tēṃ..
There are two aspects of God-the one unqualified and the other qualified. Both these aspects are unspeakable, unfathomable, without beginning and without parallel. To my mind, greater than both is the Name, that has established Its rule over both by Its might. Friends should not take this as a bold assertion on the part of this servant; I record my mind's own conviction, partiality and liking. The two aspects of Brahma (God) should be recognized as akin to fire: the one (viz., the Absolute) represents fire which is latent in wood; while the other (qualified Divinity) corresponds to that which is externally visible. Though both are inaccessible by themselves, they are easily attainable through the Name; therefore I have called the Name greater than Brahma and Sri Rama both. Brahma (God) is one, all-pervading and imperishable; He is all truth, consciousness and a compact mass of joy. Even though such immutable Lord is present in every heart, all beings in this world are nonetheless miserable and unhappy. Through the practice of the Name preceded by Its true appraisement, however, the same Brahma reveals Itself even as the value of a jewel is revealed by its correct knowledge.(1-4)
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1507
राम सुकंठ बिभीषन दोऊ। राखे सरन जान सबु कोऊ।। नाम गरीब अनेक नेवाजे। लोक बेद बर बिरिद बिराजे।। राम भालु कपि कटकु बटोरा। सेतु हेतु श्रमु कीन्ह न थोरा।। नामु लेत भवसिंधु सुखाहीं। करहु बिचारु सुजन मन माहीं।। राम सकुल रन रावनु मारा। सीय सहित निज पुर पगु धारा।। राजा रामु अवध रजधानी। गावत गुन सुर मुनि बर बानी।। सेवक सुमिरत नामु सप्रीती। बिनु श्रम प्रबल मोह दलु जीती।। फिरत सनेहँ मगन सुख अपनें। नाम प्रसाद सोच नहिं सपनें।।
rāma sukaṃṭha bibhīṣana dōū. rākhē sarana jāna sabu kōū.. nāma garība anēka nēvājē. lōka bēda bara birida birājē.. rāma bhālu kapi kaṭaku baṭōrā. sētu hētu śramu kīnha na thōrā.. nāmu lēta bhavasiṃdhu sukhāhīṃ. karahu bicāru sujana mana māhīṃ.. rāma sakula rana rāvanu mārā. sīya sahita nija pura pagu dhārā.. rājā rāmu avadha rajadhānī. gāvata guna sura muni bara bānī.. sēvaka sumirata nāmu saprītī. binu śrama prabala mōha dalu jītī.. phirata sanēhaom magana sukha apanēṃ. nāma prasāda sōca nahiṃ sapanēṃ..
As is well-known to all, Sri Rama extended His protection to two devotees only, viz., Sugriva and Vibhisana; His Name, on the other hand, has showered Its grace on numerous humble souls. This superb glory of the Name shines forth in the world as well as in the Vedas. Sri Rama collected an army of bears and monkeys and took no little pains over the construction of a bridge (to connect the mainland with the island of Lanka). Through the repetition of His Name, however, the ocean of mundane existence itself gets dried up: let the wise bear this in mind. Sri Rama killed in battle Ravana with all his family and returned to His own city with Sita. He was then crowned king in the capital of Ayodhya, while gods and sages sung His glories in choicest phrases. His servants are, however, able to conquer the formidable army of error by fondly remembering His Name and, absorbed in devotion, move about in joy which is peculiarly their own; by the grace of the Name they know not sorrow even in dream.(1-4)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1501
नाम जीहँ जपि जागहिं जोगी। बिरति बिरंचि प्रपंच बियोगी।। ब्रह्मसुखहि अनुभवहिं अनूपा। अकथ अनामय नाम न रूपा।। जाना चहहिं गूढ़ गति जेऊ। नाम जीहँ जपि जानहिं तेऊ।। साधक नाम जपहिं लय लाएँ। होहिं सिद्ध अनिमादिक पाएँ।। जपहिं नामु जन आरत भारी। मिटहिं कुसंकट होहिं सुखारी।। राम भगत जग चारि प्रकारा। सुकृती चारिउ अनघ उदारा।। चहू चतुर कहुँ नाम अधारा। ग्यानी प्रभुहि बिसेषि पिआरा।। चहुँ जुग चहुँ श्रुति ना प्रभाऊ। कलि बिसेषि नहिं आन उपाऊ।।
nāma jīhaom japi jāgahiṃ jōgī. birati biraṃci prapaṃca biyōgī.. brahmasukhahi anubhavahiṃ anūpā. akatha anāmaya nāma na rūpā.. jānā cahahiṃ gūḍha gati jēū. nāma jīhaom japi jānahiṃ tēū.. sādhaka nāma japahiṃ laya lāēom. hōhiṃ siddha animādika pāēom.. japahiṃ nāmu jana ārata bhārī. miṭahiṃ kusaṃkaṭa hōhiṃ sukhārī.. rāma bhagata jaga cāri prakārā. sukṛtī cāriu anagha udārā.. cahū catura kahu nāma adhārā. gyānī prabhuhi bisēṣi piārā.. cahu juga cahu śruti nā prabhāū. kali bisēṣi nahiṃ āna upāū..
Yogis (mystics) who are full of dispassion and are wholly detached from God's creation keep awake (in the daylight of wisdom) muttering the Name with their tongue, and enjoy the felicity of Brahma (the Absolute), which is incomparable, unspeakable, unmixed with sorrow and devoid of name and form. Even those (seekers of Truth) who aspire to know the mysterious ways of Providence are able to comprehend them by muttering the Name. Strivers (hankering after worldly achievements) repeat the Name, absorbed in contemplation, and become accomplished, acquiring superhuman powers such as that of becoming infinitely small in size.* If devotees in distress mutter the Name, their worst calamities of the gravest type disappear and they become happy. In this world there are four kinds of devotees† of Sri Rama; all the four of them are virtuous, sinless and noble. All the four, clever as they are, rely upon the Name. Of these the enlightened devotee is specially dear to the Lord. The glory of the Name is supreme in all the four Yugas and all the four Vedas, particularly in the Kali age, in which there is no other means of salvation.(1-4)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1513
भायँ कुभायँ अनख आलसहूँ। नाम जपत मंगल दिसि दसहूँ।। सुमिरि सो नाम राम गुन गाथा। करउँ नाइ रघुनाथहि माथा।। मोरि सुधारिहि सो सब भाँती। जासु कृपा नहिं कृपाँ अघाती।। राम सुस्वामि कुसेवकु मोसो। निज दिसि दैखि दयानिधि पोसो।। लोकहुँ बेद सुसाहिब रीतीं। बिनय सुनत पहिचानत प्रीती।। गनी गरीब ग्रामनर नागर। पंडित मूढ़ मलीन उजागर।। सुकबि कुकबि निज मति अनुहारी। नृपहि सराहत सब नर नारी।। साधु सुजान सुसील नृपाला। ईस अंस भव परम कृपाला।। सुनि सनमानहिं सबहि सुबानी। भनिति भगति नति गति पहिचानी।। यह प्राकृत महिपाल सुभाऊ। जान सिरोमनि कोसलराऊ।। रीझत राम सनेह निसोतें। को जग मंद मलिनमति मोतें।।
bhāyaom kubhāyaom anakha ālasahūom. nāma japata maṃgala disi dasahūom.. sumiri sō nāma rāma guna gāthā. karau nāi raghunāthahi māthā.. mōri sudhārihi sō saba bhāomtī. jāsu kṛpā nahiṃ kṛpāom aghātī.. rāma susvāmi kusēvaku mōsō. nija disi daikhi dayānidhi pōsō.. lōkahu bēda susāhiba rītīṃ. binaya sunata pahicānata prītī.. ganī garība grāmanara nāgara. paṃḍita mūḍha malīna ujāgara.. sukabi kukabi nija mati anuhārī. nṛpahi sarāhata saba nara nārī.. sādhu sujāna susīla nṛpālā. īsa aṃsa bhava parama kṛpālā.. suni sanamānahiṃ sabahi subānī. bhaniti bhagati nati gati pahicānī.. yaha prākṛta mahipāla subhāū. jāna sirōmani kōsalarāū.. rījhata rāma sanēha nisōtēṃ. kō jaga maṃda malinamati mōtēṃ..
The Name repeated either with good or evil intentions, in an angry mood or even while yawning, diffuses joy in all the ten directions. Remembering that Name and bowing my head to the Lord of Raghus, I proceed to recount the virtues of Sri Rama. He whose grace is never tired of showing its good-will to others will mend my errors in everyway. Rama a noble Lord, and a poor servant like myself! Yet, true to His own disposition, that storehouse of compassion has fostered me. In the world as well as in the Vedas we observe the following characteristic in a good master, viz., that he comes to recognize one's devotion to him as soon as he hears one's prayer. Rich or poor, rustic or urban, learned or unlettered, of good repute or bad, a good poet or a bad one, all men and women extol the king according to his or her light. And the pious, sensible, amiable and supremely compassionate ruler, who takes his descent from a ray of God, greets all with sweet words hearing their compliments and appraising their composition, devotion, supplication and conduct. Such is the way of earthly monarchs, to say nothing of the Lord of Kosala (Sri Rama), who is the crest-jewel of wise men. Sri Rama gets pleased with unalloyed love; but who is duller and more impure of mind in this world than I ?(1-6)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1506
सबरी गीध सुसेवकनि सुगति दीन्हि रघुनाथ। नाम उधारे अमित खल बेद बिदित गुन गाथ।।24।।
sabarī gīdha susēvakani sugati dīnhi raghunātha. nāma udhārē amita khala bēda bidita guna gātha..24..
The Lord of Raghus conferred immortality only on faithful servants like Sabari (the celebrated Bhila woman) and the vulture (Jatayu)*, while His Name has delivered innumerable wretches; the tale of Its virtues is well-known in the Vedas.(24)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1502
सकल कामना हीन जे राम भगति रस लीन। नाम सुप्रेम पियूष हद तिन्हहुँ किए मन मीन।।22।।
sakala kāmanā hīna jē rāma bhagati rasa līna. nāma suprēma piyūṣa hada tinhahu kiē mana mīna..22..
Even those who are free from all desires and absorbed in the joy of devotion to Sri Rama have thrown their heart as fish into the nectarine lake of supreme affection for the Name.(22)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1512
राम नाम नरकेसरी कनककसिपु कलिकाल। जापक जन प्रहलाद जिमि पालिहि दलि सुरसाल।।27।।
rāma nāma narakēsarī kanakakasipu kalikāla. jāpaka jana prahalāda jimi pālihi dali surasāla..27..
(To use another metaphor) the Name of Rama is, as it were, the Lord manifested as a man-lion and the age of Kali; the demon Hiranyakasipu. Crushing this enemy of gods, the Name will protect the devotees repeating It, even as the Man-lion protected Prahlada.(27)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Chaupais 1509
नाम प्रसाद संभु अबिनासी। साजु अमंगल मंगल रासी।। सुक सनकादि सिद्ध मुनि जोगी। नाम प्रसाद ब्रह्मसुख भोगी।। नारद जानेउ नाम प्रतापू। जग प्रिय हरि हरि हर प्रिय आपू।। नामु जपत प्रभु कीन्ह प्रसादू। भगत सिरोमनि भे प्रहलादू।। ध्रुवँ सगलानि जपेउ हरि नाऊँ। पायउ अचल अनूपम ठाऊँ।। सुमिरि पवनसुत पावन नामू। अपने बस करि राखे रामू।। अपतु अजामिलु गजु गनिकाऊ। भए मुकुत हरि नाम प्रभाऊ।। कहौं कहाँ लगि नाम बड़ाई। रामु न सकहिं नाम गुन गाई।।
nāma prasāda saṃbhu abināsī. sāju amaṃgala maṃgala rāsī.. suka sanakādi siddha muni jōgī. nāma prasāda brahmasukha bhōgī.. nārada jānēu nāma pratāpū. jaga priya hari hari hara priya āpū.. nāmu japata prabhu kīnha prasādū. bhagata sirōmani bhē prahalādū.. dhruvaom sagalāni japēu hari nāūom. pāyau acala anūpama ṭhāūom.. sumiri pavanasuta pāvana nāmū. apanē basa kari rākhē rāmū.. apatu ajāmilu gaju ganikāū. bhaē mukuta hari nāma prabhāū.. kahauṃ kahāom lagi nāma baḍaāī. rāmu na sakahiṃ nāma guna gāī..
By the grace of the Name alone Lord Sambhu (Siva) is immortal and, though endowed with inauspicious paraphernalia (such as a wreath of skulls), is yet a storehouse of blessings. Again, it is by the grace of the Name alone that Siddhas (adepts), sages and Yogis like Suka, Sanaka and others enjoy divine raptures, Narada realized the glory of the Name; that is why, while Sri Hari is beloved of the world (and Hara is dear to Sri Hari), he (Narada) is dear to Hari and Hara (Visnu and Siva) both. It was because of his repeating the Name that the Lord showered His grace on Prahlada, who thereby became the crest-jewel of devotees. Dhruva repeated the name of Sri Hari with a feeling of indignation (at the harsh treatment received from his step-mother) and thereby attained a fixed and incomparable station in the heavens. It is by remembering the holy Name that Hanuman (son of the wind-god) holds Sri Rama under His thumb. The vile Ajamila and even the celebrated elephant and the harlot of the legend were liberated by the power of Sri Hari's name. I have no words to depict the glory of the Name: not even Rama can adequately glorify it.(1-4)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1510
नामु राम को कलपतरु कलि कल्यान निवासु। जो सुमिरत भयो भाँग तें तुलसी तुलसीदासु।।26।।
nāmu rāma kō kalapataru kali kalyāna nivāsu. jō sumirata bhayō bhāomga tēṃ tulasī tulasīdāsu..26..
The name of Rama is a wish-yielding tree, the very home of beatitude in this age of Kali, by remembering which Tulasidasa (the poet himself) was transformed from an intoxicating drug like the hemp-plant into the holy basil.(26)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1508
ब्रह्म राम तें नामु बड़ बर दायक बर दानि। रामचरित सत कोटि महँ लिय महेस जियँ जानि।।25।।
brahma rāma tēṃ nāmu baḍa bara dāyaka bara dāni. rāmacarita sata kōṭi mahaom liya mahēsa jiyaom jāni..25..
The Name is thus greater than Brahma and Sri Rama both and confers blessings even on the bestowers of boons. Knowing this in His heart, the great Lord Siva chose this word (Rama) for Himself out of Sri Rama's story comprising 100 crore verses.*(25)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1500
राम नाम मनिदीप धरु जीह देहरी द्वार। तुलसी भीतर बाहेरहुँ जौं चाहसि उजिआर।।21।।
rāma nāma manidīpa dharu jīha dēharī dvāra. tulasī bhītara bāhērahu jauṃ cāhasi ujiāra..21..
Instal the luminous gem in the shape of the divine name 'Rama' on the threshold of the tongue at the doorway of your mouth, if you will have light both inside and outside,O Tulasidasa.(21)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to and the glory of the Name · Verse Dohas 1498
एकु छत्रु एकु मुकुटमनि सब बरननि पर जोउ। तुलसी रघुबर नाम के बरन बिराजत दोउ।।20।।
ēku chatru ēku mukuṭamani saba baranani para jōu. tulasī raghubara nāma kē barana birājata dōu..20..
Lo! the two letters ( र and म ) forming part of the name of Raghuvara (the Chief of the Raghu) crown all the letters of the Alphabet, the one spreading like an umbrella and the other resting as a crest-jewel, O Tulasidasa.†(20)